Fastening-hook.



' l V/T/VESSES PATENTED FEB. 20, 1906.

0. DB L. RICE.

FASTENING 1100K. APPLIOATIOH FILED A UG. 28, 1905.

A rr/v r i N TE STATES CHARLES DE nos RICE, or HARTFORD,-

nnnnnwoon TYPEWRITER COMPANY, or NEW roan,- N. Y., a conron'ArroN on NEW JERSEY.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented a ami os.

To wll whom it may concern:

B eit known that l, CHAR ES DELOS Bron, a cltizen of the United States, residing in Hartford, in the-county of Hartford and 'State of Connecticut, haveinventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Fasteningflooks, of which the following is a specifica- 'lon.

poses 1t 1s necessary that the hook, which is usually hung upon the case, shall hold securely the screw which projects from the edge of the base-board. It has been the ractice to provide the hook with a slidin olt or guard, the latter having parts clasped tightly around the edges of the shank of the hook, so as to insure against loosening of the bolt when closed. Such friction, however,

shou makes the bolt diflicult to o erate. The shank of the hook has been e arged at its upper end, so as to render it impossible for the bolt to come ofi the hook, and in assembling the parts it has therefore been neces sary to bend the fingers around the shank of the hook, this operation being expensive and otherwise objectionable.

"The objects of my invention are'to overcome these-objections and to 1produce a hook i in which the boltshall be easi y operated and yet shall remain securely closed, and also to reduce the cost of manufacture of the device. In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved hook, showing the same closed. Fig. '2 is an edge view, and Fi 3 aback view, of the same. Fig. 4 shows how the hook is used between the base-board and case of a type-writing machine, the hook bein shown 0 en to enable the case to bedetaciied from t e board.

The hook comprises a pendent part or shank 1 and a point .2, the shank having in its upper end an eye 3 for receiving loose y a er-screw 4, which is secured 1n the side of a type-writer case 5.

' As seen at Fig. 4, the point of the hook enedges fingers 9, which c'aslp the hook, Fig. 3. The t.

mg machine to its base-board. For such pur- "readily slip I a esascrew 6, rojectin from the ed eof a 8 g g ase-board 7. he hook is made flat, so as to lie snu ly against the case.

The bit or guard comprises a body portion or shank 8, havin upon its opposite the shank 1 of 5 be is manipulated by means of a stud 10. It will be seen that both the bolt and hook are struck up from sheet metal and that the shank 1 of the hook is as wide throughout as it is at the top or eye 6b portion. Such width is greater than accords with the strength of the hook and is provided for the purpose of enabling the bolt to be finished before placing it upon the shank of the hook.

ed on and off from said. shank.

Preferab y the bolt fits loosely upon the shank, so that itma dropofits wn weight, and hence tend to keep the hook normally closed. At its lower end or tip the bolt is bent out slightly to form a lip, as at 11, Figs.

1 and 2, thisbevel or lip portion riding .down over the cheek of the point 2 of the hook in a manner to spring the bolt laterally, so that the bolt and point are sprung or held to- 7 5' gether with sufficient firmness to prevent accidental dis lacement. The hea of the screw 4,upon which th hook hangs, serves as a lock to prevent the bolt. 8 from becoming detached.

Having thus described my. invention, I

- slide onto or off from said shank, and the lato ter having an eye in its end, so that a screw or device upon which the hookis hung by means of said eye, may serve as a lock to prevent the bolt from becoming detached.

.3. A flat hook struck up from sheet metal 5 and having a shank formed with an eye in its end, the shank being as'broad throughout as at the eye portion, and a flat sheet-metal It will be seen'that the bolt may be 6 5 close'and open the hook; said bolt constructed 16 to slideast the point of the hook and to be sprung aterally thereby, so asto lock the hook closed. 1

CHARLES .DE LOS RICE.

Witnesses:

EDWIN C. SMITH, EDWARD P. STORY. 

